Trade & FA 2023-24: Stein-Ingram Trade Inevitable| LAL Want Lebron Back On Any Terms

[mvossman]

Agreed. I just think we disagree on how many prototypical players like this do exist. It is not that they don't exist, it is just that the Front Office just decided too late to prioritize them.

So I agree you can build a good defensive team around Luka and Kyrie, but it does really limit your options.  It doesn't help that your third best/most expensive player is offense only as well.  It means every player you bring in needs to be a plus defender.  Going down the list of true big wings, not a lot of them fit this category.  Guys like WCJ are tweeners that are questionable perimeter defenders.  Guys like PJ should be good defenders, but there is question as to if that is really the case.  We acquired one this offseason (GWill) who has turned out not to be the defender we hoped.  When you go down the list of available big wings, there are not that many that are clearly plus defenders.